Open AccessMeaning of ornament in architecture (Case study: Contemporary Architecture Batak Toba)
Author(s) -
Haryanto Simanjuntak,
M. Nawawiy Loebis,
Dwi Lindarto Hadinugroho
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/452/1/012010
Subject(s) - ornaments , architecture , meaning (existential) , prestige , semiotics , sign (mathematics) , function (biology) , prehistory , aesthetics , population , art , history , anthropology , sociology , geography , archaeology , visual arts , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , style (visual arts) , evolutionary biology , demography , mathematics , biology , mathematical analysis
Ornaments have been an element in architectural design, since prehistoric times until now. This study aims to analyze the meaning of ornaments in architecture with a case study of the Toba Batak Contemporary Architecture with a semiotic approach. The population in this study is the entire Toba Batak Contemporary Architecture, and the research sample is 2 residential houses that use traditional ornament models, the first is a residential house in the Toba area as a place of origin ( bona pasogit ), and the second a houses in Medan as overseas areas ( pangarantoan ) Toba Batak community. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. Where ornamentation as a sign vehicle (signifier) to the cultural system (signified) is described in accordance with 3 categories of ornament functions from the results of literary studies, namely the prestige function, aesthetic functions and religious functions. As a result of this study to answer the ornamental function of what still exists from the two research samples and at the same time describe the meaning of ornaments in contemporary architecture.